Laundry-hanger



M. KURKUS. LAUNDRY HANGER. APPLICATION FILED 001121. 1919.

Patented Aug- 31, 1920.

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LAUNDRY-HANGER.

. ."Application filed October 27,1919. seriarno. 333,518..

To all may camera} 7 Be it known that I, MAcIEJ KORKUS, a

citizen or Poland, residing at Providence,

inthe county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certam new and useful Improvements cation. v 7 I The primary object of the present invention resides in the provision of a laundry hanger wherein there is'employed an endless line extending from a point inwardly of a windowtovan outsidefsupport and working over pulleys whereby endless movement thereof may be readily obtained, the slack in the linebeing controlled by a shifting screw device arranged inwardly of the window. 7

A further object of the invention is to provide a clothes hanger of the endless type adapted for operation from within a window with a. clamping bracket positioned upon a window sill or adjacent part of a building between which the clothes line is adapted to be retained for the suspension of articles thereon to permit the inner end of the rope to beremoved from the window opening whereby the window may be closed with the line still maintained in operation.

With the above and other objects in view,

. the invention consists in the novel form,

the several views.

combination and arrangement of parts herein fully described and shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate s1m1lar parts throughout In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view through a portion of a window frame with the present-invention in operative position thereon, the clothes line rope being partially 7 broken away,

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the rope stretching bracket,

in Laundry I} j Hangers, of which the following is a specifia clearance for the screw head.

Specification of Letters Patent. P t t d: g-31 1 9 20;

window opening Bwith a window frame .C

positioned in the-opening. The bracket.

shown more clearly in Figs. land 2 for suspending the inner end of the clothes line is supported on the window frame G and in- I cludes a plate or frame 6 substantially trij angular in elevation with the base .7 thereof provided with keyhole-shaped slots B for: I

detachablymounting on the headed; pins 9 secured in the, windowframe- 6 providing One longitudinal side Cret frame; 6'is provided with a coextensive rib 10.; constituting a guide for the laterally projecting arm 11, the arm being provided with a slotted portion inclosing the upper edge of the bracket 6 as illustrated in Fig. 3 to permit a free sliding movementof the arm 11 and to prevent swinging movements thereof. The means for adjusting the arm 11 over the bracket 6 comprises a screw '12 threaded through a laterally projecting block 13 upon the frame 6 at the opposite side of the rib 10 while the forward end of the screw 12 extends into the arm 11 and is provided with an annularrgroove 145 into which the screw 15 carried by the arm projects, thus to permit a free rotary movement of the screw end in the arm and to prevent removal thereof, a washer '16 being provided on the screw eXteriorly of the arm 11. The inner end of the screw 12 is provided with an operating handle 17 which whenloperated,

will cause the screw to move relative to the block 13 and carry on the forward end thereof the arm 11 which will in turn slide over the upper end of the bracket 6 as will be clearly obvious. I V

A- clothes line 18 ofithe endless type travels on a sheave-19 journaled upon the end 20 of the arm 11 andalso works upon a sheave 21 journaled in a bracket 22 secured to the support 23 exteriorly of the building. The articles are placed upon the clothes line at points inwardly of the building A and by manipulating the clothes line, the articles aremoved outwardly of the window a de sired distance. The clothes line is stretched and maintained taut by operation of the screw 12 through the'bracket block 13 for shifting the bracket arm 11.

The articles having been suspended upon the line, and it being desired to close the window, the screw 12 is operated to permit the clothes line 18 to be removed from the sheave 19 with both strands of the rope posientirely positioned outwardly of the window V tionecl between the clamped arms 24 carried by the support 25 which is secured to the window sill B at a point adjacent the outer edge, the clamping bars being maintained,

opening B whereby the window may be closed andi'r" des1red,'the frame 6 removed from the window frame 0 by disconnecting the rear Section thereof from the pins 9h Similarly, the clothes are removed from the line by attaching the inner end of the rope to the'sheave l9 and stretching the rope by 7 the screw 12 and then moving the rope over the sheaves 19 and 21 to bring the articles upon the clothes line'l8 into the reach of th operator.

While thereis herein shown and described what is believed to be the preferred embodi V ment oi' the invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made in the form, combination and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed, What claimedas new is e support for endless clothes lines including a frame, means to detachabl-y rigidly connect said frame to the innerside of a window casing soas to project f inwardly from the latter, a laterally extending arm slidable on said frame, a pulley carried by said arm over which the endless clothes line is adapted to travel, a block'carrie d by the inner end of said frame, a'screw threaded through said block and rotatably connected at its outer end to said arm, and means for operating said screw. V

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